Alginate Encapsulation of Begonia Microshoots for Short-Term Storage and Distribution

Synthetic seeds were formed from shoot tips of two in vitro grown Begonia cultivars using 3% sodium alginate in Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) salt solution as the gel matrix and 100 mM calcium chloride for complexation. Synthetic seed formation was achieved by releasing the sodium alginate/explant...

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Main Authors: Hamidou F. Sakhanokho, Cecil T. Pounders, Eugene K. Blythe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/341568